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| twitter        = DNScom

| twitter        = DNScom

| keypeople      = [[Dan Kimball]], CEO

| keypeople      = [[Dan Kimball]], Former CEO

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'''DNS.com''' provides managed global anycast [[DNS]] and [[geolocation]] services.

'''DNS.com''' provides managed global anycast [[DNS]] hosting and [[geolocation]] (also known as geotargeting and IP location) services.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com CrunchBase]</ref> The service detects the geographical location of a website's visitors and allows website administrators to determine traffic rules that will route visitors to geographically appropriate content or servers.

==History==

==History==

DNS.com was originally founded by [[Dan Kimball]], [[Brian Smith]], [[Sean Stafford]], and [[Eric Radtke]] in 1991<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com Crunchbase]</ref> after two years of effort in forming a flexible, ultra reliable network solution for their small start-up business.<ref>[http://www.dns.com/company/ About DNS.com]</ref> The original motivation for creating their own  

DNS.com was originally founded by [[Dan Kimball]], [[Brian Smith]], [[Sean Stafford]], and [[Eric Radtke]] in 2008 as '''Comwired Inc.''', after two years of effort in forming a flexible, ultra reliable network solution for their small start-up business.<ref>[http://www.dns.com/company/ About DNS.com]</ref> The original motivation for creating their own DNS was to create an innovative, bottom-up system, focused more on security and speed than traditional systems.<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/blog/Stacy_Griggs/042910_Interview_With_DNScom The Whir Interview with Dan Kimball]</ref>

DNS.com was acquired by [[Comwired]] Inc. in 2010.<ref>[http://www.domainersmagazine.com/Jul-Aug-Issue-22/DNS.com-The-Next-Geo-Targeting-Solution.html Domainers Magazine]</ref> It was then acquired by [[Comodo]], an internet security company, in 2011.<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com Crunchbase]</ref>

Comwired Inc. purchased DNS.com in a private transaction in 2010,<ref>[http://www.thewhir.com/blog/Stacy_Griggs/042910_Interview_With_DNScom The Whir Interview with Dan Kimball]</ref> and subsequently released a new website offering service plans tarketing the enterprise market.<ref>[http://www.domainnamenews.com/news/comwired-rebands-dnscom/7351 Domain Name News]</ref>

 

DNS.com was acquired by [[Comodo]], an internet security company, in 2011,<ref>[http://www.crunchbase.com/company/dns-com CrunchBase]</ref> with the plan to bring the DNS services originally created by Comwired Inc. to an even greater audience.<ref>[http://dns.tmcnet.com/topics/dns/articles/144086-dnscom-acquisition-2011-spreading-reliable-dns-an-even.htm tmcnet.com]</ref>

==Network==

==Network==

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